Bug photos at wilcephotos.com

Taking pictures of bugs I can hardly see without my Canon’s lens, and of others that may be a bit “sexier” (dragonflies and particularly butterflies), then scouring the web to identify them, only to discover that there’s some nuance— for example, the subtleties of distinguishing moths from butterflies— well, it’s quite an ongoing learning experience. Examining lepidoptera photos on my laptop and discovering “clubs” on the antennae of butterflies but not moths (see this Wikipedia article) such as the “veined moth” vs. the Common Buckeye butterfly in the photos below— that has been a delight.

Our front yard moth-visitor, 9 July 2015Can you see the “clubs” at the ends of the “Buckeye’s” antennae? A butterfly indeed!

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